Updated Tuesday Dec. 23

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	KingsSAC7-22	Pacific	26	11.70
2	MagicORL16-13	Southeast	10	12.23
3	Trail BlazersPOR12-17	Northwest	19	13.18
4	JazzUTAH10-18	Northwest	28	13.44
5	PelicansNO8-22	Southwest	24	13.45
6	ClippersLAC7-21	Pacific	20	13.76
7	CelticsBOS18-11	Atlantic	8	13.76
8	SunsPHX15-13	Pacific	15	13.78
9	MavericksDAL11-19	Southwest	21	13.81
10	HeatMIA15-14	Southeast	14	14.10
11	GrizzliesMEM13-16	Southwest	18	14.13
12	BucksMIL11-18	Central	23	14.40
13	SpursSA21-7	Southwest	6	14.44
14	WizardsWSH5-22	Southeast	30	14.45
15	WarriorsGS15-15	Pacific	9	14.78
16	NetsBKN8-19	Atlantic	29	14.81
17	HawksATL15-15	Southeast	17	14.91
18	PacersIND6-23	Central	27	14.92
19	76ersPHI16-11	Atlantic	13	15.04
20	RocketsHOU17-9	Southwest	3	15.26
21	HornetsCHA9-20	Southeast	25	15.44
22	BullsCHI13-15	Central	22	15.65
23	KnicksNY20-8	Atlantic	4	16.53
24	RaptorsTOR17-13	Atlantic	16	16.71
25	TimberwolvesMIN19-10	Northwest	7	16.78
26	CavaliersCLE16-14	Central	12	16.91
27	LakersLAL19-8	Pacific	11	16.97
28	NuggetsDEN21-7	Northwest	2	17.18
29	PistonsDET23-6	Central	5	17.37
30	ThunderOKC26-3	Northwest	1	17.98

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.